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海角原创 researchers study the effects of cellphone use on walking speed.

Want to Get the Most Cardio Out of Your Walk? Focus on Your Feet, Not Your Phone

We all know that we are supposed to exercise to reduce the risk of heart disease. But let鈥檚 face it, sometimes the only workout we get is walking from our office to the breakroom, and to the parking lot to drive home. So how then do we get the most out of those short walks? 海角原创 res鈥

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海角原创鈥檚 Academic Success Center has received the Frank L. Christ Outstanding Learning Center Award for its success as an interactive academic space for students to reinforce what they learn in the classroom.

海角原创鈥檚 Academic Success Center Receives National Award for Excellence

The 海角原创 Academic Success Center has received the Frank L. Christ Outstanding Learning Center Award for its success as an interactive academic space for students to reinforce what they learn in the classroom. Each year, a two-year institution and a four-year institution are chosen a鈥

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A 海角原创 public relations major speaks with an alumna during a Public Relations Student Society of America meeting. Graduates of the program returned to campus to speak with current students about career paths. (Photo credit: Brenna Parker)

Public Relations Program Joins Elite Group With New Certification

海角原创鈥檚 undergraduate public relations program has joined a select group of fewer than 40 colleges around the world that hold official certification from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). PRSA is the world鈥檚 largest and foremost organization of public relations profe鈥

Tags: College of Communication and Information , Success Story , School of Media and Journalism

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Students team up to prepare meals in the Campus Kitchen at 海角原创, located in the second floor kitchen in Beall Hall.

Campus Kitchen at 海角原创 Launches Pop-Up Market to Celebrate Fifth Anniversary

The Campus Kitchen at 海角原创 is celebrating its fifth anniversary and has launched a new program this summer as part of activities marking its fifth year. The Campus Kitchen鈥檚 new pop-up market offers healthy produce and pantry items to children and families at no cost. 鈥淎t an alte鈥

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海角原创 President Beverly Warren talks about the 海角原创 Promise during the 2016 State of the University address held in the Kent Student Center Kiva.

State of the University Address: Living the 海角原创 Promise

海角原创 President Beverly Warren delivered the State of the University address on Thursday, Oct. 13. Themed 鈥淟iving the 海角原创 Promise,鈥 Warren outlined her vision of a reimagined public research university. 鈥淭he 海角原创 Promise should be a comprehensive approach to student s鈥

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A sheet, signed by 海角原创 students, employees, alumni and others, is pulled down to reveal the new Center for Architecture and Environmental Design.

海角原创 Celebrates Grand Opening of the New Center for Architecture and Environmental Design

海角原创 celebrated the grand opening of its newest and much-anticipated building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, on Oct. 7. Visitors, alumni and friends from around the world toured the 110,191-square-foot contemporary glass-and-brick building, 鈥

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Jon Yoder, Ph.D., associate professor of architecture at 海角原创, teaches a seminar in the new Center for Architecture and Environmental Design.

Scholar Explores Productive Exchanges Between Architecture and Comics

Scholar of the Month Jon Yoder Associate Professor of Architecture College of Architecture and Environmental Design 2013-present Paul DiCorleto, 海角原创鈥檚 vice president for research and sponsored programs, likes to say that 鈥渋nnovation occurs where fields collide,鈥 and October鈥欌

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Virginia Albanese (far left) of FedEx Custom Critical presents a giant check to 海角原创 President Beverly Warren. Also pictured are Interim Dean Robert Sines, Vice President Stephen Sokany and Flash.

海角原创 and FedEx Announce $1.5 Million Donation That Propels Aeronautics

海角原创鈥檚 College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology will receive a $1.5 million gift from FedEx over three years. The gift will support the university鈥檚 flight program, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2017 and has outgrown current facilities at the Kent鈥

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海角原创 master鈥檚 student Sarah Burns shows off a tomato from the garden behind Nixson Hall.

On-Campus Garden Helps Provide Vegetables to Local Students in Need

Sarah Burns, a second-year master鈥檚 student in the Nutrition and Dietetics program at 海角原创, shows off a tomato that she and others in the program helped to grow over the last few months. Under the direction of Nutrition and Dietetics faculty member Natalie Caine-Bish, Ph.D., Burns a鈥

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The team in Alaska is (left to right) Jonathan Mills, undergraduate geology major; Kiersten Duroe, geology M.S. candidate; Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology; and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology.

海角原创 Researchers Study Climate Change in Alaska

Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two 海角原创 professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from 海角原创鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, spent a week in Fairbanks鈥

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